Word: diversionism
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WASHINGTON--Congressional investigators, relying on Swiss bank records and other material provided by businessman Albert Hakim, have confirmed the diversion of more than $1 million in Iranian arms sale profits to Contras rebels fighting the Nicaraguan government, sources said late Thursday.
Not true, according to friends, advisers and Navy colleagues interviewed by TIME. Poindexter, says one, "is completely at peace with himself." The basis for his calm: he simply feels he did nothing wrong -- and certainly broke no laws -- in helping arrange secret arms sales to Iran and permitting Oliver North...
If Poindexter testifies that he informed Reagan, however generally, of how the contras were benefiting from the Iran deals, it will be a severe political embarrassment for the President. Reagan has repeatedly denied that he knew anything whatever about the diversion, most recently at the March 19 news conference that...
A 6- to- 3 decision gives a big boost to affirmative action, even without evidence of past discrimination. -- Two Marine guards are accused of letting Soviet agents roam through the U. S. embassy in Moscow. -- Poindexter is likely to testify that he told Reagan in general terms about the contra...
As theater it was an effective show, calculated to convey the impression of a President physically and mentally recovered from his Iranscam doldrums and back in charge. But the substance was something else: predictable, uninformative and at times somewhat disturbing. The President said little that went beyond statements he had...